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Obulamu obuli emabega w’ebitabo — ababuulizi, abaminsani, n’abawandiisi ab’ebigambo bikyayogera.
Omubuulizi eyazaalibwa mu Kanada era omutandisi wa Christian and Missionary Alliance, eyayogera ku "Enjiri Enkulu Ennya" — Kristo nga Omulokozi, Omutukuza, Omuwonya, era Kabaka Alijja — ng'akubiriza abasomi okuyita mu buli mukisa okutuuka ku Kristo yennyini.
Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915) yali muvvangeri ow'obutukuvu Omuwafirika-Omuyamerika eyazaalibwa mu buddu mu Maryland n'asumululwa nga kitaawe aguze eddembe ery'ab'omu maka ge. Nga mu mulimu gwe yali mwozi wa ngoye, yafuuka omu ku babuulizi abaatambula ennyo mu kibiina ky'obutukuvu ekya Wesley-Holiness, ng'aweereza mu Amerika, Bungereza, Buyindi, ne mu myaka munaana mu Buwafirika obw'ebugwanjuba nga omumisonaali eyeeyimirizaawo. Nga yafiirwa ba bbaawe babiri era ng'aziise abaana bana ku bataano be, oluvannyuma yatandika kimu ku bisulo by'abaana abatalina bazadde ebyasooka mu Illinois eby'abaana abaddugavu era n'afiira mu Sebring, Florida.
Amy Beatrice Carmichael, eyazaalibwa mu 1867 e Millisle, Ireland, yali omumisonaali Omupolotesitanti mu India. Yaweereza emyaka 55 awatali kuwummulako, ng'atandikawo Ekibiina ky'e Dohnavur okununula abaana okuva mu businzi bw'obwenzi obw'omu masabo. Ng'amanyiddwa olw'okwewaayo kwe okw'amaanyi n'ebiwandiiko bye ku ssaala, yawandiika ebitabo 35 era n'asigala mu India okutuusa okufa kwe mu 1951. Omulimu gwe gugenda mu maaso okuyita mu buweereza bwe yatandikawo. Obulamu bwa Carmichael bwalaga obuwulize obw'amaanyi eri okuyitibwa kwa Kristo n'okwetereeza mu buwangwa.
Andrew Murray Jr., eyazaalibwa mu 1828 mu Afrika ya Ddyo, yaweereza nga omuweereza w'eddiini n'omunnamateeka w'eby'obwakatonda, ng'akwata ku bangi okuyita mu njigiriza ye ku kusaba. Yatandikawo amasomero, yawandiika ebitabo ebisukka mu 240, era n'akwata nnyo ku ndowooza y'Ekikristaayo okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1917. Ebitabo bye ku bulamu obw'omwoyo obw'ekweeka bikyakulembera abakkiriza mu nsi yonna. Murray yassa essira ku bwetoowaze, okwewaayo okutuufu eri Katonda, ne Kristo abeera munda. Ebitabo bye eby'ettutumu bikyali by'omugaso omunene eri Abakristaayo abanoonya okukula mu mwoyo.
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Augustine of Hippo (354–430) was born in Roman North Africa to a pagan father and a praying Christian mother, Monica, whose tears followed him through years of ambition, pleasure, and the Manichaean religion. In a Milan garden in 386 he heard a child chanting "take up and read," opened Paul's letters, and was undone. Baptised by Ambrose, he returned to Africa and served some thirty-five years as bishop of Hippo, writing the Confessions and The City of God and contending for grace against the Donatists and Pelagians. He died in 430 as the Vandals besieged his city.
Catherine Booth, eyazaalibwa mu 1829 mu Ashbourne, Derbyshire, mu Bungereza, yali omutandisi wa Eggye ery'Obulokozi awamu ne bba William Booth. Nga omubuulizi ow'amaanyi era eyalwanirira eddembe ly'abakazi, yasoomooza empisa z'ekiseera kya Victoria ng'abuulira mu lujjudde era ng'alwanirira obuweereza bw'abakazi. Catherine yawandiika "Obuweereza bw'Abakazi: Eddembe ly'Abakazi Okubuulira" era yali wa kigambo mu kukola enjigiriza ya Eggye ery'Obulokozi n'enteekateeka zaayo ez'obulamu bw'abantu. Okubuulira kwe okw'amaanyi n'omutima gwe ogw'ekisa eri abaavu byamufuula omuntu ayagalibwa nnyo.
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Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) yali munnamateeka eyafuuka omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri, okubuulira kwe ne kuyamba okugoba Okuzuukuka Okukulu Okwokubiri mu bitundu eby'engulu ebya New York n'okusukka wo. Ng'akkirizza nti okuzuukuka si kyamagero eky'okulindirira wabula nkozesa ntuufu ey'eby'obuyambi Katonda by'awa, yatandikawo “ebipimo ebiggya” eby'enkuŋŋaana ezaawangaala n'okusaba abantu butereevu, n'alaba ebibuga ebiramba nga bikyusibwa, era oluvannyuma n'afuuka pulezidenti wa Oberlin College. Ekitabo kye Lectures on Revivals of Religion kikola ku ngeri ekkanisa ey'olulimi Olungereza gy'etera okulowoozaako okuzuukuka okuva mu kiseera ekyo.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, eyazaalibwa mu 1834 mu Kelvedon, Essex, mu Bungereza, yamanyibwa nga "Omulangira w'Ababuulizi." Bwe yakyusibwa ng'aweza emyaka 15, yatandika okubuulira ng'aweza 16, ne bwe yatuuka ku myaka 20 n'afuuka omusumba wa New Park Street Chapel e London, oluvannyuma Metropolitan Tabernacle. Spurgeon yawandiika okubuulira okusukka mu 3,500, ebitabo bingi, era n'atandikawo essomero ly'abasumba, amaka g'abaana abatalina bazadde, n'obuweereza obulala obw'Ekikristaayo. Newankubadde nga yalwana n'okwennyamira n'obulwadde, yakuuma obuweereza obungi okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1892. Okubuulira kwe okunnyonnyola Ebyawandiikibwa n'ebiwandiiko bye bikyakwata ku Bakristaayo mu nsi yonna.
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Charlotte Akankwasa muwandiisi wa leero eyawaayo ku tterekero ly'ebitabo erya Ochorus. Ye yawandiika ekitabo How to Manage a Library, ekiwandiiko eky'obukugu ku ngeri y'okuzimba n'okulabirira ekibiina ky'ebitabo ebirungi.
David Brainerd (1718–1747) yali omuvubuka omuweereza (missionary) eri abantu Abazaalirwa ba Amerika (Native Americans) mu New Jersey ne Pennsylvania mu biseera by'obufuzi bw'amatwale. Bwe yagobwa mu Yale olw'obunyiikivu bwe, obulamu bwe obumpi yabuwaayo mu kusaba n'okubuulira ng'atambulatambula mu Badelaware n'abalala, n'alaba okuzuukuka okw'ekyewuunyo nga tannaafa olw'akafuba (tuberculosis) ng'aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda. Ekitabo ky'ennaku kye yawandiika — ekyafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw'okufa kwe Jonathan Edwards — kyafuuka kimu ku bitabo eby'obuweereza ebyasinga okukwata ku mitima ebyawandiikibwa, ne kikuluusanya emirembe egyaddirira, okuva ku William Carey okutuuka ku Henry Martyn.
Dwight Lyman Moody, eyazaalibwa mu 1837 mu Northfield, Massachusetts, yava mu buto obutalina kitaawe ng'ali ku faamu ne mu dduuka ly'engatto e Boston n'afuuka omuvanjilisiti eyamanyibwa ennyo mu kyasa eky'ekkumi n'omwenda, ng'abuulira abantu abawera obukadde ekikumi okwetooloola Amerika n'e Bungereza. Nga teyawongebwa era ng'asomye katono nnyo, yatandikawo amasomero ga Northfield, Moody Bible Institute, n'omulimu ogw'okusaasaanya ebitabo ebirungi eby'Ekikristaayo eri buli muntu. Emboozi ze ez'enjiri ennyangu era ez'ekisa — ezirangibwa okwagala kwa Katonda n'okukubiriza okw'amaanyi okusalawo ku Kristo — zikyasomebwa mu nsi yonna.
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Festo Kivengere (1919–1988) yali mulabirizi Omuganda Omu-Anglican era omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri ow'Okuzuukuka kw'Afrika ya Buvanjuba, gwe baatera okuyita “Billy Graham wa Afrika.” Yakyuka okuva mu kukkiriza okw'oku mimwa mu kuzuukuka okwa 1941, n'afuuka Omulabirizi wa Kigezi mu 1972 era omukulembeze wa African Evangelistic Enterprise. Oluvannyuma lw'okuttibwa kwa Ssaabalabirizi Janani Luwum mu 1977, yadduka Uganda ya Amin ng'ayita ku nsozi okuyingira Rwanda, n'oluvannyuma n'awandiika ekitabo ekyatumbulwa I Love Idi Amin, obujulizi ku kusonyiwa omuyinza omukambwe eyali amugobye mu buwaŋŋanguse.
Frederick Brotherton Meyer yazaalibwa nga Apuli 8, 1847, mu Clapham, London, eri Frederick Meyer, nnannyini bizinensi, ne mukyala we Ann. Nga yakulira mu maka ag'eddiini ennyo agaakuza obuyinza bw'Ebyawandiikibwa, Meyer yafuuka omusumba Omubatisiti ow'amaanyi, omuyigiriza, n'omuvanjilisiti, ng'asinga kubeera e London. Yamanyibwa olw'okubuulira kwe okunnyonnyola Ebyawandiikibwa n'ebiwandiiko bye eby'okwewaayo. Meyer yali musumba w'amakanisa amakulu mangi omuli Christ Church e London ne Collins Street Baptist Church e Melbourne.
Gareth Evans, eyazaalibwa mu 1938 mu Merthyr Tydfil, musumba atambulatambula, omuyigiriza, era omuwandiisi. Yasoma fizikisi, yayigiriza mu nsi yonna, yawandiika ebitabo eby'okwewaayo, era kaakano aweereza ekkanisa eriko ebisago okuyita mu mukutu gwe. Gareth, afumbiddwa Anne, alina abaana abawala basatu, abaana b'abaana munaana, n'abaana b'abaana b'abaana kkumi na bana. Enjigiriza ye essa essira ku kukkiriza okw'amakulu n'amagezi ag'Ebyawandiikibwa. Nga alina enkolagana ey'enjawulo wakati w'obumanyirivu obw'ekisayansi n'okutegeera okw'omwoyo, Evans aleeta obulungamu ku bintu eby'obwakatonda ebizibu.
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George Müller (1805–1898) yali muvaanjulizi w'enjiri eyazaalibwa mu Prussia, era oluvannyuma lw'obuvubuka obw'obukwakkulizo obwalimu obubbi n'ekiseera mu kkomera, yakyuka mu lukuŋŋaana lw'okusaba e Halle mu 1825 n'awaayo obulamu bwe okubeera nga bwesigamira ku kukkiriza. Yatuula mu Bristol, gye yatandikawo amaka g'abaana bamulekwa aga Ashley Down, gye yalabirira n'aliisa abaana bamulekwa abasukka mu kakumi mu bulamu bwe bwonna, awatali kusaba muntu yenna ssente n'olumu — ng'asigamira ku kusaba kwokka era ng'akuuma ebiwandiiko ebituufu eby'ebyanukulwa. Ekigendererwa kye kyali kuleka ensi n'obujulizi obulabika nti Katonda akyawulira okusaba; yabuulira mu mawanga amakumi ana mu abiri okutuusa mu myaka gye egy'ekyenda, n'afiira mu maka ge ag'abaana bamulekwa mu 1898.
Omusumba Omu-Anglican Omungereza era omu ku baatandikawo Obumesodi n'okuzuukuka okw'enjiri. Ng'omubuulizi ow'ebweru ow'ettutumu, yatambulira mu Bungereza ne mu Amerika ey'obwannamawanga, era n'afuuka omukulembeze omukulu ow'Okuzuukuka Okukulu.
Hannah Buyinza muwandiisi wa leero eyawaayo ku tterekero ly'ebitabo erya Ochorus. Ye yawandiika ekitabo Prayer – The Pulse of Life, ekitontome eky'okwefumiitiriza ku kifo ky'okusaba mu bulamu bwa buli lunaku obw'Omukristaayo.
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Hannah Whitall Smith, eyazaalibwa mu 1832 mu Philadelphia, yali omwogezi era omuwandiisi Omukwaka ow'ettutumu mu kiseera ky'Ekiweekero eky'Obutukuvu. Ekitabo kye eky'amaanyi "Ekyama ky'Omukristaayo eky'Obulamu Obw'essanyu" kyafuuka ekitabo eky'ettutumu mu biwandiiko by'okwewaayo eby'Ekikristaayo. Newankubadde ng'yagwamu obuzibe obw'obuntu, yakuuma okukkiriza okw'amaanyi okwakwata ku mirembe gy'abakkiriza okutuusa lwe yafiira mu 1911. Enjigiriza ye yassa essira ku bulamu obw'Ekikristaayo obuwangula okuyita mu kukkiriza. Obubaka bwa Smith obw'okwewaayo bwakyusa endowooza y'Abakristaayo, ng'alaga okutukuzibwa nga kwe kuwummulira mu mulimu gwa Kristo ogwaggwaayo.
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James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) yali muminsani Omungereza eyagenda e China era omutandisi wa China Inland Mission. Yakyuka ng'aweza emyaka kkumi na musanvu, nga maama we amusabira nga bali wala nnyo, n'awaayo obulamu bwe okutuuka ku bitundu bya China eby'omunda ebitannaba kutuukibwako n'enjiri, ng'akubiriza omulimu ogw'obuminsani ogwesigamira ku kukkiriza, ogutaatwala bbanja wadde okusaba abantu ssente naye nga gubuulira Katonda buli kyetaago mu kusaba. Ng'ayita mu bibala ebingi n'okufiirwa okunene — okufa kw'abaana be, ba mukyala be bombi, n'abaminsani be bangi mu Kutabuka kwa Boxer okwa 1900 — yafuuka ekyokulabirako eky'okwesiga Katonda mu bujjuvu, era omulimu gwe gukyeyongera ne leero nga OMF International.
Jeanne Guyon, eyazaalibwa mu 1648 mu Montargis, mu Bufalansa, yafuuka eddoboozi erikulembera mu kwewaayo okw'ekyama okw'Ekikristaayo. Bwe yasikirizibwa mu buto okusaba okw'ekweeka, yawaayo obulamu bwe eri okwewaayo okw'omunda n'okuzzibwa obuggya okw'omwoyo. Enjigiriza ye yaleeta okwewaayo n'empaka, ekyavaako okusibibwa mu kkomera. Yafa mu 1717, naye ebiwandiiko bye bikyakwata ku bulamu obw'omwoyo obw'Ekikristaayo leero. Ebyafaayo bye ebyo yennyini bikyali by'ettutumu mu biwandiiko by'omwoyo. Okussa kwa Guyon essira ku kwagala okutuukiridde n'okwewaayo eri Katonda kwasoomooza eddiini ey'empisa zokka.
Muwandiisi Omungereza era omubuulizi Omupuritani, nannyini kkola ebyuma ow'e Bedford eyasibibwa mu kkomera okumala emyaka egisukka mu kkumi olw'okubuulira awatali luusa. Mu kusibibwa okwo mwe yawandiikira ekitabo The Pilgrim's Progress, ekimu ku bifaananyisa ebisindikibwa okusinga obungi mu lulimi Olungereza.
Omusumba Omu-Anglican Omungereza era omuvaanjulizi w'enjiri eyatandikawo Obumesodi. Ng'omubuulizi omutambuze atakoowa era omutegeka, yali mukulembeze mukulu ow'okuzuukuka kw'enjiri okw'omu kyasa eky'ekkumi n'omunaana.
Omubuulizi Omunnamerika Omukongirigganti era omutegeeza wa Katonda, omukulembeze omukulu ow'Okuzuukuka Okukulu Okusooka. Yali musumba mu Northampton, Massachusetts, era okumala akaseera yaweereza nga pulezidenti wa College of New Jersey (oluvannyuma Princeton).
Abandoned as an infant and indentured until he was twenty-one, Lemuel Haynes (1753–1833) taught himself Scripture, Latin, and Greek by firelight. He served as a Minuteman and marched to Ticonderoga, and in 1785 became the first Black man ordained by a mainstream Protestant denomination in America. He pastored mostly white congregations for nearly fifty years — thirty of them at West Rutland, Vermont — and wrote the early antislavery essay “Liberty Further Extended.” Dismissed in old age, he preached to the end, asking only that his gravestone call him a sinner trusting wholly in Christ.
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) yali muvaanjulizi w'enjiri Omunnamerika, omusumba, era omusomesa, ate nga yali mukwano gwa D. L. Moody omunywevu. Yaweereza ng'omukulu asooka ow'e Moody Bible Institute, oluvannyuma n'aba omukulu w'essomero lya Bible Institute of Los Angeles, nga akyali musumba wa Moody Church mu Chicago ne Church of the Open Door mu Los Angeles. Torrey yakulembera enkuŋŋaana z'okuzuukuka okw'eddiini ku masekkati ag'ensi agawera, era ebitabo bye ebingi ebikwata ku kusaba ne ku Mwoyo Omutukuvu byamufuula omu ku bayigiriza ba Baibuli abaasomebwa ennyo mu kiseera kye.
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Richard Allen (1760–1831) yazaalibwa mu buddu mu Philadelphia, n'atundibwa ng'akyali muto eri omulimi ow'e Delaware, era n'akyukira Kristo ng'akyali muvubuka wansi w'okubuulira kw'Abamesodi. Mukama we bwe yakyuka naye n'amuleka okwegula eddembe lye, Allen n'afuuka omubuulizi omutambuze eyakola omulimu ogutali gwa bulijjo; okunyoomebwa okw'entebe ezaawuddwa mu St. George's Methodist Church kwamuleetera okutandikawo ekkanisa y'Abaddugavu eyeeyimirizaawo, Mother Bethel, mu Philadelphia. Mu 1816 yatandikawo era n'afukibwako amafuta ng'omulabirizi omukulu asooka ow'ekibiina African Methodist Episcopal Church, ekibiina ky'eddiini eky'Abaddugavu ekisooka okweyimirizaawo obulambalamba mu Amerika.
Omukulembeze w'ekkanisa Omupuritani Omungereza era omusumba e Kidderminster, eyagobebwa mu Kkanisa ya England mu 1662. Yali muwandiisi mumanyifu ow'eby'obwakatonda obw'omugaso, era ebiwandiiko bye eby'obusumba n'eby'okwewaayo byafuuka eby'obugagga eby'Ekikristaayo ebiwangaala.
Samuel Ajayi Crowther (nga 1809–1891) yali mulenzi Omuyoruba eyava e Osogun, gwe baawamba mu lulumba lw'abaddu mu 1821, n'awonyezebwa amaato g'abaddu Royal Navy n'assibwa e Freetown, Sierra Leone, gye yabatizibwa mu 1825. Yasomesebwa Church Missionary Society, n'afuuka Omwafrika asooka okwawulibwa mu Kkanisa ya Anglican (omusumba, 1843), ate mu 1864 n'afuuka omulabirizi omukulu Omwafrika asooka. Yavvuunula Baibuli yonna ne Book of Common Prayer mu Luyoruba, era n'agumira n'obwetoowaze okunyoomebwa kw'omulimu gwe okwaleetebwa abaminsani Abazungu abato mu myaka gye egy'enkomerero. Yafiira e Lagos ku 31 Ddesemba 1891.
Simeon Nsibambi (1897–1978) yali musawo w'ebyobulamu Omuganda eyayigirizibwa era omugagga mu Kampala, ng'enjala ye ey'omwoyo ye yamuleetera okusisinkana okw'amakulu mu Sebutemba 1929 n'omusawo omuminsani Joe Church e Namirembe. Wikendi waabwe ow'okusoma Baibuli n'okusaba ku kujjula kw'Omwoyo yayamba okukoleeza Okuzuukuka kw'Afrika ya Buvanjuba (Abalokole). Nsibambi yaleka omulimu gwe ogwa gavumenti olw'obulamu obw'okusaba n'okubuulira buli muntu kinnoomu, n'afuuka, mu byafaayo bingi, kitaawe w'akakwate akaakyusa Obukristaayo bw'Afrika ya Buvanjuba, era akaazaala abakulembeze nga Festo Kivengere ne Janani Luwum.
Susanna Wesley, eyazaalibwa mu 1669 mu London, mu Bungereza, yali maama wa John ne Charles Wesley, abatandisi b'Obumesodiisi. Nga Omungirikaani ow'eddiini era maama w'abaana kkumi na mwenda (kkumi be baawona okutuuka mu bukulu), yawa abaana be enjigiriza y'eddiini enkalubo, ng'atandikawo enteekateeka za buli lunaku ez'okusaba n'okwekenneenya Ebyawandiikibwa. Newankubadde ng'yagwamu obuzibe bw'ensimbi n'okubulwako bba, yakuuma amaka ag'amaanyi mu mwoyo. Ebbaluwa za Susanna n'ebiwandiiko bye eby'obwakatonda byakwata ku buweereza bwa batabani be n'okukula kw'enjigiriza y'Obumesodiisi.
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471) was a German-born Dutch monk who spent roughly seventy years in a single monastery outside Zwolle, copying manuscripts, keeping his community's chronicle, and teaching its novices. Formed at Deventer among the Brethren of the Common Life, he wrote for those young men four small booklets of counsel that became The Imitation of Christ — after the Bible, the most widely read Christian book ever written. Long circulated anonymously and long disputed, it is now credited to him. His was a hidden, unhurried life, and that hiddenness is the soil the book grew in.
Omubuulizi Omupuritani Omungereza atakiriziganya n'ekkanisa era omusumba wa St Stephen Walbrook mu London, eyagobebwa mu buweereza bwe mu 1662. Ajjukirwa olw'ebiwandiiko bye eby'okwewaayo ebibuguma, ebijjudde ennyiriri, era ebyanguyirwa okutegeerekeka ennyo.
Watchman Nee, eyazaalibwa mu 1903 mu Foochow, mu Cayina, yali omuntu ow'amaanyi mu Bukristaayo obw'ekyasa 20 ne mu bukulembeze bw'ekkanisa y'Abacayina. Yakkiriza Obukristaayo ng'aweza emyaka 17, yawaayo obulamu bwe eri obuweereza, era n'awandiika ebitabo bingi eby'amaanyi nga "Obulamu Obwa Bulijjo obw'Omukristaayo." Nga ayigganyizibwa olw'okukkiriza kwe, yafiira mu 1972 ng'akyali mu kkomera ng'aweza emyaka 69. Omugabo gwe gukyeyongera okuyita mu kibiina kya Local Church mu nsi yonna. Enjigiriza ya Nee yassa essira ku bituufu eby'omwoyo eby'ekkanisa n'ekifo omukkiriza w'ali mu Kristo.
William Booth, eyazaalibwa mu 1829 mu Nottingham, mu Bungereza, yali omutandisi wa Eggye ery'Obulokozi. Ng'okusooka yali musumba Omumesodiisi, yawulira ng'ayitiddwa okuweereza abaavu ab'omu bibuga era n'atandika obuweereza bwe mu East End e London. Mu 1865, yatandikawo Christian Mission, oluvannyuma eyafuuka Eggye ery'Obulokozi mu 1878. Booth ne mukyala we Catherine baakulembera enkola empya ez'okubuulira n'okuyamba abantu, nga batandikawo amaka g'okusuza, ebifo eby'okuzza obuggya, n'ebifo eby'okugabira ekyokulya.
William Law (1686–1761) was an English priest whose refusal to swear allegiance to George I cost him his Cambridge fellowship and any career in the established church. Barred from preferment, he wrote instead — and A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1729) became one of the most influential devotional books in English, shaping John Wesley, George Whitefield, and Samuel Johnson. His later turn to the mysticism of Jacob Boehme divided his admirers and ended his friendship with Wesley. He spent his last twenty years at King's Cliffe in fixed hours of prayer, plain living, and open-handed charity, giving away nearly all he had.